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SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the ISS: Live updates

By Mike Wall, Josh Dinner last updated

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station.

Human Spaceflight
A glowing string of orange and yellow gas in the darkness of space, with a yellow end on the left showing a gas jet of a black hole

Exotic 'blazar' is part of most extreme double black hole system ever found, crooked jet suggests

By Keith Cooper published

A beam of particles speeding away from a monstrous black hole is severely kinked, suggesting that the black hole is actually part of the most extreme binary system known.

Black Holes
A photo of Earth from space shows its green landscape with a large brown shape in the middle where a drained lake sits

Big lake in Quebec suddenly disappears, satellite finds | Space photo of the day for August 1, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The lake was completely drained in the spring of 2025.

Earth
Two men and two women, all wearing white pressure suits and helmets, pose for a photo together inside a space station module

Astronaut savors the moment and shares a stunning aurora shot | On the International Space Station July 28-Aug. 1, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The four Expedition 73 members on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission prepared to come home, while also got the International Space Station ready for its next residents.

International Space Station
a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Launches & Spacecraft
A large white rocket is held up by metal struts for display.

On this day in space! Aug. 1, 1968: Saturn V moon rocket production ends

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

NASA built 15 of these rockets but only flew 13 of them.

Launches & Spacecraft
Moon halos are closely related to "sun dogs", a solar phenomenon where pillars of light appear on either side of the sun.

Stunning 'sun dogs' could sparkle in alien skies, James Webb Space Telescope suggests

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

High-speed winds on exoplanet WASP-17b may align quartz crystals in its atmosphere and create dazzling light effects like "sun dogs."

James Webb Space Telescope
SpaceX conducts a static fire test with a Starship upper stage at its Starbase site in South Texas on July 31, 2025.

SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 10th test flight (video, photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX performed a single-engine "static fire" trial with its newest Starship spacecraft on Thursday (July 31), to help prep the vehicle for an upcoming test flight.

Launches & Spacecraft
An illustration of primordial black holes gethering matter to form the first generation of stars

Did 'primordial' black holes born right after the Big Bang help our universe's 1st stars form?

By Robert Lea published

New research suggests that primordial black holes could have played an important role in the formation of the universe's first stars, but did they help or hinder?

Black Holes
graphic with night sky in large font and silhouettes of people below looking up at the night sky.

Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky

By Jamie Carter last updated

Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

Stargazing
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